The BSP for Bulgaria ( bg, БСП за България, BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria
( bg, Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a
left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political%20ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically in ...
electoral alliance in
Bulgaria
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led by the
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...
Bulgarian Socialist Party
The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( bg, Българска социалистическа партия, translit=Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya, BSP), also known as The Centenarian ( bg, Столетницата, links=no, translit=Stoletnitsat ...
. A
big tent
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of the
democratic socialist
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left, it is a coalition of
communist
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,
left-wing nationalist
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,
green
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, and
social-democratic
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parties. On
European Union
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politics, some of its members hold
pro-European
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views, while others hold more
Eurosceptic
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stances.
Members of the coalition
Election results
References
External links
BSP official website
{{Bulgarian political parties
Left-wing political party alliances
Political party alliances in Bulgaria
Popular fronts
Socialism in Bulgaria